Ali Kiadaliri, L Stefan Lohmander, Amanda E Nelson, Leif E Dahlberg
{"title":"Proportion of acceptable symptom state nearly tripled with improvements in patient-reported outcomes for all symptom state subgroups: A registry study of over 15,000 osteoarthritis patients in a digital education and exercise therapy.","authors":"Ali Kiadaliri, L Stefan Lohmander, Amanda E Nelson, Leif E Dahlberg","doi":"10.1002/acr.25594","DOIUrl":"10.1002/acr.25594","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study investigated trajectories of patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) among participants of a digital education and exercise therapy for knee and hip osteoarthritis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A longitudinal observational study among individuals aged 40+ years who participated in the digital program. Participants completed PASS (yes/no) at enrolment and at least one follow-up during one year after enrolment (n=15,253). Group-based trajectory modelling was used to identify groups with distinct PASS trajectories. We used multinomial logistic regression and linear random intercept models to explore predictors and compare changes in patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) across trajectory subgroups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The proportion of participants reporting acceptable symptom state rose from 17.4% (95%CI 16.8, 18.1) at enrolment to 42.4% (41.6, 43.1) and 48.9% (47.5, 50.2) at 3- and 12-month follow-ups, respectively. We identified four PASS trajectories: 1) \"persistently not achieving PASS (PNAP)\" (45.1%), 2) \"early sustained PASS (ESP)\" (34.8%), 3) \"gradually increasing satisfaction (GIS)\" (10.8%) and 4) \"early PASS, later unacceptable PASS (EPLUP)\" (9.3%). Among baseline variables, female sex, older age, non-metropolitan residence, lower education, knee OA, fear of movement, no walking difficulties, no wish for surgery and better PROMs were generally associated with higher odds of following trajectories other than the \"PNAP\". All trajectories experienced improvements in PROMs, with generally larger improvements in the ESP and GIS groups than the other two groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The percentage of participants achieving PASS almost tripled at 12 months. Improvements in PROMs across all PASS trajectories highlights the importance of distinction between \"feeling better\" and \"feeling good\".</p>","PeriodicalId":8406,"journal":{"name":"Arthritis Care & Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144537933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jihyun Na, Su Jin Choi, Sojeong Park, Minae Park, Doo-Ho Lim
{"title":"Cancer risk in patients with systemic sclerosis: A nationwide cohort study in South Korea 2004-2021.","authors":"Jihyun Na, Su Jin Choi, Sojeong Park, Minae Park, Doo-Ho Lim","doi":"10.1002/acr.25595","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25595","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by tissue fibrosis, vasculopathy, and immune dysregulation. Our objectives were to quantify the overall and site-specific cancer risks in SSc patients compared to the general population, examine temporal trends in cancer incidence following SSc diagnosis, and explore potential associations with immunosuppressive agent use.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using data from the Korean National Health Insurance Service, we identified 6,386 patients newly diagnosed with SSc between 2004 and 2020. Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) were calculated to compare the risk of cancer between SSc patients and the general population. Subgroup analyses were performed based on age at diagnosis, follow-up duration, and immunosuppressive agents use.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Most patients (80.2%) were women, with a mean age at diagnosis of 53.1 ± 13.4 years. SSc patients had higher risks of overall cancer (SIR 3.12, 95% CI 2.92-3.33), solid cancer (SIR 3.07, 95% CI 2.86-3.28), and hematologic cancer (SIR 5.70, 95% CI 4.50-7.11) compared to the general population. Myelodysplastic syndrome (SIR 12.52, 95% CI 7.00-20.65) had the highest risk, followed by multiple myeloma, eye, Hodgkin lymphoma, larynx cancers. Cancer risk peaked among patients aged 20-39 years (SIR 5.27, 95% CI 4.31-6.38) and during the first year after diagnosis (SIR 4.44, 95% CI 3.81-5.14).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In this study, we revealed that the incidence of cancer is higher in patients with SSc in South Korea compared to general population. The strong association between SSc and cancer occurrence prompts clinicians to conduct careful cancer screening for SSc patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":8406,"journal":{"name":"Arthritis Care & Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144537932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthew Lammi, Kathleen D Kolstad, Lesley Ann Saketkoo, Avani Khatri, Paul J Utz, Virginia Steen, Lorinda Chung
{"title":"Response to \"Concerns Regarding PTX-3 Specificity and ROC Interpretation in the Study on Endothelial Biomarkers of SSc-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension\".","authors":"Matthew Lammi, Kathleen D Kolstad, Lesley Ann Saketkoo, Avani Khatri, Paul J Utz, Virginia Steen, Lorinda Chung","doi":"10.1002/acr.25589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25589","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8406,"journal":{"name":"Arthritis Care & Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144537934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Concerns Regarding PTX-3 Specificity and ROC Interpretation in the Study on Endothelial Biomarkers of SSc-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension.","authors":"D Ashwant Kumar, Sabarinath Mahadevan","doi":"10.1002/acr.25586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25586","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8406,"journal":{"name":"Arthritis Care & Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144526276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katie J McMenamin, Thomas R Riley, Kristin Wipfler, Kaleb Michaud, Austin Wheeler, Bryant R England, Brian Sauer, Katherine D Wysham, Rui Xiao, Michael March, Grant W Cannon, Sylvanus Toikumo, Henry R Kranzler, Rachel L Kember, Ted R Mikuls, Joshua F Baker
{"title":"Development and External Validation of a Genetic Risk Score for Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis.","authors":"Katie J McMenamin, Thomas R Riley, Kristin Wipfler, Kaleb Michaud, Austin Wheeler, Bryant R England, Brian Sauer, Katherine D Wysham, Rui Xiao, Michael March, Grant W Cannon, Sylvanus Toikumo, Henry R Kranzler, Rachel L Kember, Ted R Mikuls, Joshua F Baker","doi":"10.1002/acr.25588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25588","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Several single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been associated with chronic pain syndromes. Our objective was to determine whether genetic variants are associated with pain and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants were included from two independent RA cohorts: FORWARD (National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, training dataset) and VARA (Veterans Affairs RA registry, validation dataset). Multivariable linear regression was used to estimate the relationship between cross-sectional pain scores and 36 FM-associated SNPs<sup>8</sup> in FORWARD. SNP alleles were summed and weighted by these regression coefficients to generate a genetic risk score (GRS) for pain for each participant in both cohorts. Linear regressions and generalized estimating equations were used to determine the relationship between this GRS, an existing pain intensity GRS,<sup>10</sup> and pain and self-reported disease activity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The sample comprised 756 participants from FORWARD (mean age 56.8 years, 89.4% female) and 2,176 participants from VARA (mean age 64.3 years, 11.0% female) who had pain and genotyping data. Participants in the validation dataset (VARA) with FM GRS in the highest quartile had more baseline pain than those in the lowest quartile [+0.55 (95% CI: 0.16, 0.93), p=0.006]. This was also true for the existing pain intensity GRS. VARA participants in the highest quartile of both GRS had more pain throughout follow-up and higher disease activity scores.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Genetic risk scores based on pain-related SNPs were associated with RA pain and disease activity, suggesting that the genetic risk of pain may have clinical impacts in RA, such as likelihood of achieving remission.</p>","PeriodicalId":8406,"journal":{"name":"Arthritis Care & Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144526277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reply to \"Febuxostat use is associated with a significantly greater risk of mild to moderate perturbation of liver function compared to benzbromarone in patients with gout: comment on the article by Sun et al\".","authors":"Wenyan Sun, Lingling Cui, Changgui Li","doi":"10.1002/acr.25590","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25590","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8406,"journal":{"name":"Arthritis Care & Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144526280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In Response to Risk of hepatotoxicity in use of febuxostat or benzbromarone.","authors":"Lingling Cui, Wenyan Sun, Changgui Li","doi":"10.1002/acr.25592","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25592","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8406,"journal":{"name":"Arthritis Care & Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144526279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"TITLE: Risk of hepatotoxicity in use of febuxostat or benzbromarone.","authors":"Shih-Wei Lai, Kuan-Fu Liao","doi":"10.1002/acr.25587","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25587","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8406,"journal":{"name":"Arthritis Care & Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144526281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Febuxostat use is associated with a significantly greater risk of mild to moderate perturbation of liver function compared to benzbromarone in patients with gout: comment on the article by Sun et al.","authors":"Gang Wang, Zhichun Liu","doi":"10.1002/acr.25591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25591","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8406,"journal":{"name":"Arthritis Care & Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144526278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to \"Effects of Social Vulnerability and Environmental Burden on Care Fragmentation and Social Needs Among Individuals with Rheumatic Conditions\".","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/acr.25585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25585","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8406,"journal":{"name":"Arthritis Care & Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144493825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}